2 Arrested In Abandoned Ovaltine Factory

February 21, 1990

The abandoned Ovaltine plant in Villa Park continues to be a problem for police. Police Chief Roger Weiser announced that two village teenagers were arrested there and charged with criminal trespass and reckless conduct because of actions last week.

Charles Moore, 17, of 30 N. Michigan Ave., and John Sinibaldi, 17, of 320 S. Oakland Ave., were arrested at the vacant property at 1 Ovaltine Ct. on Feb. 12 after a caller told police of lights in the building.

Weiser said that police determined that lighted Sterno cans had been placed on paper towels saturated with accelerant inside the building, with aerosol spray paint cans nearby.

The two were released on $2,000 bond pending their arraignment on March 29 in Du Page Circuit Court, police said.